The Singapore Free Press, 12 March 1955
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section19 1955-03-12 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Sat.. Mar. 12. 1955. Price If ts19 words
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Article, Illustration286 1955-03-12 1 THE POPE CREATES TWO NEW BISHOPS Kuala Lumpur and Penang THE Pope, it was announced m Vatican City yesterday, has raised the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malacca to the status of a Metropolitan Church Province. new trovince wm w lined Malacca Singapore with its seat m Singapore. Pope has also286 words
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124 1955-03-12 1 1?OUR Briti.sh soldiers taking r part m joint manoeuvres with American forces m Austria were burned to death and eight others .seriously m jured m a blazing storage barn yesterday. The men were eating or re.sting m their sleeping bags m the Joft ofReuter - 124 words
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Article23 1955-03-12 1 The British Government la.st night rejected a Labour call for Immediate Bi« Three talks on the H-bomb and disarmament.23 words
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Article115 1955-03-12 1 Church doubts royal romance fHE Church of England newspaper yesterday raised doubts whether the report ed romance of Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend U anything more than the work of rumour-mongers. The weekly newspaper, which is not official but has access to authoritative church sources, declared: "We happen115 words
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Article21 1955-03-12 1 President Eisenhower yesterday nominated former Republican Senator Homer Ferpuson. Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Philippines. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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165 1955-03-12 1 The damage is m millions of dollars AMULTI -MILLION dollar storm smashed the floodstricken Ohio River valley yesterday with tornadoes, winds of hurricane force and massive thunderstorms. At least eight people were dead or missing and 15 injured. Property damage m West Virginia.U.P. - 165 words
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Article341 1955-03-12 1 Not fighting Reds FRENCH Parliamentary sub-committee charged m a report published m Paris yesterday that Vietnam's Premier, Mr. Nffo Dinh Diem, had failed to rally his nation against Com- munism and that his major support came from American dollars. It almost openly forecast that the RedsU.P. - 341 words
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Article25 1955-03-12 1 Four telephone wires between two telephone posts were removed from Wilkie Road. Singapore, it was reported yesterday afternoon. The wires are worth $7.8025 words
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Article33 1955-03-12 1 A motor launch, which has not been m use since March 6 m th<? Telok Ayer Ba^in, Sin- t gapore, was found yesterday to have had its -three navigation tights stolen.33 words
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Article85 1955-03-12 1 England scored 71 runs for the loss of two wickets before lunch at Dunedin today when replying to New Zealand's llrst innings of 125 m the first Test. This was a far better performance than New Zealand had put. up yesterday when taking the 90 minutesReuter - 85 words
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Article33 1955-03-12 1 March first grade, f o.b. buyers, opened on the Singapore Rubber Market, this morning at '.92V4 c^nts a lb.. one and threeeighth cents above yesterday's i close. The tone was steady.33 words
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Advertisement43 1955-03-12 1 Pelandok I Specials HERE are Pelandoks Special Selections for today's Singapore races SPECIAL NAP Sooka millill I The Milky Way. Lycos I TREBLE The Milky Way, Lycos. < Sooka Other selections are on the Back Pa^e. i 1 FAMOUS FOR FLAVOUR C** SINCf lit!43 words
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Article244 1955-03-12 2 Province up m arms after army kill 94 villagers THE PEOPLE of Achin Province, m north Sumatra are up m arms and an all-out revolt is threatened, an Indonesian Government spokesman said m Jakarta yesterday. The spokesman added this followed the army's recent execution ofReuter; A.P. - 244 words
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Article168 1955-03-12 2 U.S. GUIDED MISSILE SHIP READY THE United States navy will put its first guided missile warship into operational fleet duty next August, it was learned :n Washington yesterday. Defence Department, authorities said work was virtually completed on converting the heavy cruiser Boston into a flo;.thie launching platform for the electronicallyReuter - 168 words
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Article27 1955-03-12 2 The Philippines Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. Carlos Garcia, is leaving Manila on March 22 for Taipeh and Seoul on an <ignt-day Far Ea.st goodwill tour ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article31 1955-03-12 2 American presidential advi■ex General James Van Fleet bagged a large tiger while j .shooting as a guest of Pakistan officials, it was reported m j Karachi yesterday A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article26 1955-03-12 2 The Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai cabled Premier Sir John Kotelawala yesterday agreeing to discuss revision of the rubber prices undev the China-Ceylon pact. U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article68 1955-03-12 2 Settlement of damage suits totalling U551,525,000 brought by the New York Post and its editor against columnist-com-mentator Walter Winchell was disclosed yesterday. Terms of the settlement will be made public tomorrow. The newspaper and its editor. James Wechsler sued Winchell for U*****,000 each charging that heA.P. - 68 words
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Article19 1955-03-12 2 Acior tsnan uonievy was arrested yesterday by Beverly Hills police on a drunk-driv- I ing charge.- A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article20 1955-03-12 2 More than 200,000 dozens of flashlights are now being made each month m Hong Kong.— A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article38 1955-03-12 2 Forty crewmen of the liner 1 Queen of Bermuda who went on strike last Saturday causIng her to sail the next day for Bermuda without passen- few, will be repatriated to England today. A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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84 1955-03-12 2 ITALY AGREES TO NEW ARMY FOR WEST GERMANY ITALY last night ratified the Paris accords for West German rearmament within the framework of a Western EuroDean Union. The Senate vote was 139 to 82. Neo-Fascists and "Monarchists joined the central coalition parties to support ratification. The Communists and Left wingReuter; A.P. - 84 words
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220 1955-03-12 2 BRITAIN'S agile Communist, Party leaped behind rebellious Left-winger Mr. Aneurin Bevan yesterday m his challenge to Mr. Clement Attire's Socialist Party lea- denhip. A lront page editorial In the Daily Worker, the party 1 I organ, .said Mr. Bevan had i "not violatedU.P. - 220 words
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Article, Illustration217 1955-03-12 2 THAT REPORT SENT THEM TO THE 'BANK' STUDENTS of the Junior Technical School m Balestier Road. Singapore, "rolled up their sleeves" when told that Chinese were afraid to give to the Blood Bank. Yesterday 37 boys 32 of wham were Chinese accompanied their instructor, Mr. Eugene Owen to Singapore Blood217 words
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174 1955-03-12 2 rpHE Sind Provincial Chief Court ruled in Karachi yesterday, that the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Ayub Khuhro as Chief Minister of -Sind last November was illegal. The court also found that the Pakistan Governor •General. Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, had no authority to liftReuter - 174 words
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120 1955-03-12 2 Britain takes over the India pensions INDIA will transfer U) British Government April 1 the responsibility i controlling, administering paying pensions and otli< bilities m respect of peop who served the British Cro* m India. The change was dtoclosed m letters exchanged between t British High Commissioner m New Delhi,Reuter - 120 words
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Article29 1955-03-12 2 Surgeon Rear-Admiral Adrian Pritchard, W*? I**1 Royal Australian Naval M cal Services since 1946 former honorary surgeon late King George IV <U< Melbourne yesterday. Reu terReuter - 29 words
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Article210 1955-03-12 3 THE TURK WITH NO FAITH IN PILOTS TURKISH sea captain said m Odense. Denmark, yes- that he would prefer to j. small fine instead of a )ill for damages caused by ;>h pilots when docking his >hlp. ►tain Tumbay of the inter Van forcibly removed a Danish pilot from theA.P. - 210 words
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Article30 1955-03-12 3 India has suggested a visit by a textile mission from Lancashire to study the textile market and tax structure and put their case to the Indian Government ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article26 1955-03-12 3 President Eisenhower yesterlay nominated Lt. General Lemnitzer, new comlan ler of the Bth Army m the East, for promotion to the lull general.— A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article76 1955-03-12 3 I I ONDON'S Daily Mail I lJ predicted yesterday alter an advance look at Italian painter Pietro An- nigonl'j portrait of Queen I j Elizabeth that it will be acclaimed the picture of the year.* l I Daily Mail art critic David Wynne Morgan I said76 words
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178 1955-03-12 3 Soviet Government said yesterday it would to send Russians to n how lowan farmers m United States grow such corn and have so many lg«. A Foreign Ministry note. led to the U.S. Ambassa>r, Mr. Charles Bohlen, said: Soviet agricultural depart- meritsA.P. - 178 words
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Article38 1955-03-12 3 Sir Arthur Morse, chairman the British Travel and holidays Association, said yes•ay that more than 33,000 «as visitors went to Briln January, an increase of Per cent over the total for same month last year.— ReuterReuter - 38 words
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188 1955-03-12 3 pOUR Kikuyu tribesmen were sentenced to death m Nairobi yesterday for the "treacherous murder" of Mr. Harold Gillespie Shotton, known as a friend of the Kikuyu. The men were Kamau Kibecha, Kumani Kagere, Waweru Nganga and Gitau Muturi, all betweenReuter - 188 words
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Article49 1955-03-12 3 RUSSIA has built a new Pacific part called Nokhovka which has displaced Vladivostok as the terminus of the Tran.s-Siberian railway, says Moscow Radio. It described the port as "the Soviet gate to the Pacific Ocean" and added it could now accommodate dozens of ships. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article43 1955-03-12 3 The British Army said yesterday it would set up an experimental helicopter unit at Middle Wallop, In Hampshire, this month to find out how It can make the fullest u.se of a i new hoverplane fle»-t it has ordered ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article29 1955-03-12 3 A twin -engine RAF. plane bur.it, into flames m Hamp.shire yesterday and crashed m a field behind .some houses, killing the crew of three ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article28 1955-03-12 3 The Presidium oi the Supreme Soviet (Soviet Parliament) yesterday promoted by decree 11 generals to the rank of marshal. Moscow Radi') said last ni»ht. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article77 1955-03-12 3 JUDGE Francis Valente said m New York yesterday that he will dismiss Miss Kay Brunrll. 49. from the jury being chosen to try MUjol ,Mickey» Jelke 00 Vice Mi.ss"BrunHT, when cbosen as juror member number 9. fiad said she had never been married, a lawyerA.P. - 77 words
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Article213 1955-03-12 3 Peppery problem set by 6 girls JUST DIFFERENCE IN CUSTOM IX H X i iii the little village of Katihar, near Calcutta, pondered the case yesterday of two bewildered shopkeepers who cost six visiting country girls their maidenhood by throwing red powder on them during a religious holiday. Yesterday wasU.P. - 213 words
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Article25 1955-03-12 3 The Ceylon Government, seeking to ease a business slump, reduced export duties on copra, coconut oil and desiccated coconut from yesterday. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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155 1955-03-12 3 SHE BROKE UP FIGHT WITH A MIRROR TtfARY ELEANOR CLEMENTS, a 20-year-old shapely brunette, broke up a wrestling match on Wednesday with a mirror. She got so mad she reached into the ring and slashed one of the competitors on the legU.P. - 155 words
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Advertisement14 1955-03-12 3 DON'T FOROET <^\ our Cv^r^X OFFERS Ns. V v mamv jpki M flMTMill fr/ wassiamull's14 words
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Advertisement129 1955-03-12 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC CO., << Authorised dealer for Philips Radios G42, <;eylang Road. S'pore (14) Tel: ***** <x I %J00 I jim} I nHIIIU H :^r~-~~-- -HI V v< f WmW >> filflry TERMS 9 We have pleasure to IHIIIff the establishment of >5 our new branch at the Happy World129 words
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281 1955-03-12 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Mar. 12. 1955. Opinion LASTING BENEFIT HPHE Government deve- lopment plans for Kallang Airport when it becomes vacant towards the end of the year are praiseworthy. On the 410-acre site, houses, schools, playing fields, a stadium and a first-class I park are to be laid281 words
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Article99 1955-03-12 4 Brockromber - Brockromber msmm PEOPLE who were not quite barbarous enough to talk of murdering the sick and the old used to call it euthanasia, hoping that the word would make it sound I resDectable and scientifically Ud to date. The gentleman who lUKgested the other clay that backward99 words
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Article, Illustration950 1955-03-12 4 fgfgf Poll issues m TANJONG PAGAR Le e Kuan Yew. 32. People's Action Party, (Lawyer), born m Singapore. Educated Tel o k Kurau English School, Raffles Institution. Raffles College, Cambridge (niversity. Adviser to man y trade unions, University of Malaya Students' Union, Government Pensioners' Association and Singapore Retail950 words
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Article166 1955-03-12 4 A. A. WILLIAMS - A. A. WILLIAMS E "VI AY I draw your atten--3 I*l tion to the editorial E headed "No Room at the E Poll' on Thursday whereE in I am quoted as saying that not more than 200,- 000 electors are expected to E vote at the166 words
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Advertisement10 1955-03-12 4 M Llm S^ JACOBSON i VAN DEN BERC <S'POREi LTD.10 words
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Advertisement104 1955-03-12 4 LACQUER SHEEN is the when you say "I wish my hair Bf? t ?t^BsSk ivher. they've dressed their hair Jmm&Lt&JfW -it c/iies it that finished look JS^^fcl^i and ivill stay put all day with- jJM^^^^B^S Sf'eeji is the invisible hair net mjjl^fSS* W that never (jives you that hard MJmP104 words
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Article86 1955-03-12 5 I Malay Social Association. Singapore, will next .nd a troupe of 25 girb and boys to per-stage-showi at Kuala to rai.se funds for the ilay Youth Congress. v will stage three stories tman," "Ketohanan" Ihc Adventures of Hang at the Lucky World. stories were written86 words
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Article308 1955-03-12 5 Inquiries come from all over the world PHK Singapore Government Employment RxclUUlfi gets inquiries for jobs m the Colony from all tvei the world, said Mr. F. G. Tyson, (hie! Employment OHicer, yesterday. He told the Free Press that Singapore received ai many requests for jobs as308 words
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Article58 1955-03-12 5 The Penans; Settlement Welfare Committee may have to start its new term by borrowing money from the reserve fund, Mr. Kok Sin Hock, the chairman, warned the annual meeting today. Mr. Kok reported that funds had been reduced to $1,284 on March 1 after payments58 words
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Article57 1955-03-12 5 Three lengths of telephone wire, each of 150 yards, were rut and stolen at Cheras Road. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Thp wire;s were cut along the railway line, atx>ut a quarter of a mile from the main road. Thieves broke into the HQ Malaya canteen early yesterday57 words
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69 1955-03-12 5 THREE labourers were con- < < victed In the Singapore First District Court yesterday of I stealing $1,270 worth of water! j pipes belonging to the War De- j partment at K<nt Rid^e on << Dec. 3. |S Lim Tung Yang wa lentenced to three69 words
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Article32 1955-03-12 5 The Singapore Governni'-nt Administrative and Clerical 1 Services Union will hold its < first dinner and danr*- at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 7.30 I p.m. on Mar. 19. I32 words
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Article, Illustration99 1955-03-12 5 Long service medals for army NCOs P|MIKEE non-commissioned I officers serving m Singapore have been awarded medals for long service and good conduct m the army. They are Warrant Officer A. C. Martin, R.A.S.C, Warrant Officer N. M. Prentice, RE., and Battery Quarter Master Sergeant G 11. Corney, R.A. Gen.Free Press - 99 words
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Article43 1955-03-12 5 Manikam Vadivel claimed trial yesterday m the Singa pore Eighth Police Court V a charge of murdering A ThangftnUu at Lorong Lalat on =vb. 28 at 11.30 p.m. Bail was not allowed. The Me was posted /or Mar. 15.43 words
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Advertisement63 1955-03-12 5 CLAMOROUS SWIMSUITS Crenteil to do heautiful I things for :i girl's figure. I Whntever your particului II figure type, there is :i glamorous CATALINA V There ls also wonderful V rnn^eof SHORTS f> JKANS N Y» t 17 lor leisure tune \vc;ir, cure- I*| fully cut :uul (;iilorfd for See63 words
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Miscellaneous719 1955-03-12 5 (IIIRCH Off ENGLAND Straits Chinese Presbyterian -i \ndrrw's Cathedral: 7 a.m. < Church (Prinsep St.: 8.45 am SunCommunlon, 8 a.m. Sung day School and Bible Classes, 10 arid A: Parish Communion, 9.3 C a.m. Morning Worship. Sunday School. 10.30 a.m Jubilee Church (Outram Rd.) Matins 11 a.m. Mandarin Service. English719 words
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Miscellaneous388 1955-03-12 6 JL MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis STAR mmgmmmmmmammmmammm \q BEDI£N7 t q Wf k'/v/sp** per or I f \Naroa O&£YS--UNDtRm jjj B-side™* kindl1 1 ■I Wi 1 1 I a* >ou like to inugin/ ,\'u are. Your intuitions are TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs SS£>— -1 i ponding388 words
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Article217 1955-03-12 7 LONDON. Mar. 11. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c-if. European 25 7 buyers 26 buyers .Huts March 26 >„ sellers 26 7 S sellers 111 IIBKR No. 1 RSS ci.f. European 25 buyers 26 l buyers ports April 26 sellers 26 sellers HI BBFR No. 1217 words
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Article99 1955-03-12 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 11 Previous Today TIN Slraits spot and nearby 91.75 notn. 91.50 nom. UN futures, March 90.65 bid 90.50 bid 91.60 asked 91.25 asked April 90.35 bid 90.25 bid 91.25 asked 91.00 asked May 90.00 bid 90.00 bid 90.75 asked 90.75 asked TONE: Quiet. SALES:99 words
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Article44 1955-03-12 7 Spot Malabar quoted at 44 cents per pound. Awaiting release 43 T a. Afloat! 43' i to 43. March 42£. Above prices quoted April IStt. May 42. Sarawak spot 43 and Lampong spot 44 cents sellers ex-dock. m U.S. cents per Ib.44 words
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Article32 1955-03-12 7 NEW YORK. Mar. 11. Previous Today 31 Industrials 406.83 401.08 :> Railroads 149.82 6 79^ l. Domestic Bonds 100.02 1 l.ltilities 63.67 63 23 64 Mocks Composite Average 152.47 lt>o.Z432 words
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Article118 1955-03-12 7 (»PR\ Philippines ci.f. UK/North turopean delivered weight per lons ton March/ April < oi'KA Philippines f.o.b. Manila delivered weight, per long ton I OPRA Strait* c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton March/April April/ May OH ONTT OIL "Jrude, Straits, ci.f. l.uropean Continental ports m118 words
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Article142 1955-03-12 7 VINETY minutes after Ser- 1 Flight Sergeant John Mm > «nt Sydney Hilton wasvin. of theSXB sa d tha t JO tioned by the Military i minutes before Hilton w* Police, he was found shot dead found dead he had auesUonea n a L-uardroom at142 words
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Article, Illustration78 1955-03-12 7 Vice-Admiral G. V. Gladstone, late FlaeOfficer and Second-in-Command of the Far East Naval Station, inspects a guard of honour formed by members of Singapore Sea Cadets Corps at Gan Eng Seng School. About 350 cadets were present. Picture shows, (from left) Lt. A. W. Basapa. Guard Officer.78 words
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284 1955-03-12 7 A LTHOUGH one labour strike m Singapore has failed to deprive women customers of their permanent waves, a second dispute has disrupted production at an ice cream factory i A strike by six barbers at the Shanghai Hairdressing Co., m284 words
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Article48 1955-03-12 7 "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc will be shown by the Singapore Film Society at 9 o'clock tonight and 6.30 and 9 p.m. tomorrow m the British Council Hall, Stamford Rdad, Singapore. It is considered by experts to be one of the finest silent films ever made.48 words
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Article50 1955-03-12 7 K. Vadivelu, 27, of Batu Caves, today claimed trial m the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, on a charge of causing hurt to Lachumanan with a penknife on Feb. 20. Bail of $200 was allowed. The ex a- l> to be heard od Apr. 15.50 words
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Advertisement31 1955-03-12 7 For the MOST LUXURIOUS SLEEI* choose a -i SPRING INTERIOR MATTRESS Prices from $130/THE STORE WITH A TO OFFER FOR CLEARING AND FORWARDING OF CARGO CONSULT SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY LTD.31 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-03-12 8 IT'S THE WRONG NUMBER FOR FILM STAR DORIS IT may b«> music to the Chinese uirK but to film star Dorcen Aris it is definitely the wron? number. She is getting an impromptu serenade on the set of the haling Studios production, "The Night My Number Came Up." The children62 words
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314 1955-03-12 8 808 DODD, 46 years a cooper m Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, and his wife Ellen, were recently the guests of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor m the lovely Valley of the Chevreuse, 20 miles outside Paris. To look after them m the fabulously314 words
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371 1955-03-12 8 Nurse, 53, goes free j OIK words welcomed B j woman back to freedom from the dock. Two of them- "Not guilty —told her ihe was cleared of trying to poison a 79-year-old widow. Mrs. Margaret Ivy Zylpha Ackland. 53, slightly built and 30371 words
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Article59 1955-03-12 8 IRISH 'OUTPOST TO DISAPPPEAR A NOTHER outpost of the Empire is going to disappear. It is a police post m Connemara, Ireland, that .should lutvc been built on India's North-West Frontier. It is on record that a century ago the plans got mixed ud m Whitehall. Now a lace lift59 words
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Article39 1955-03-12 8 Mrs. Betty Orme, of Rockleyroad, Leicester, found her nine-week-old son Geoffrey crying tal his pram with his face scratched outside a store m, Woodgate, Leicester. Police are investigating "m view of baby-scratching cases reported at Bletchley. Bucks."39 words
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Article46 1955-03-12 8 The Home Secretary. Mr. Gwilym Lloyd George, with Sir lionei Fcx chairman of the pri son Commissioners, will tospert strangeways Jail, ManChester next Tuesday. Questions were asked m the Com mons after the escape of six prisoners from Strangewavy last November.46 words
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Article61 1955-03-12 8 'THE Bishop of Stepney, the Rt. Rev. Joost de Blank. has banned a performance by Jewish actors m St. Georges Church. Bloomsbury. The actors, playing at the Embassy Theatre/ Swiss Cottage, In The World of Sholom Aleichem." were to have performed an excerpt at the invitation61 words
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Article51 1955-03-12 8 seven-year-old Kenneth Robinson died an hour after fremen pulled him from the River Irk at Harpurhey, Manchester. His mother, 37-year-old Mrs. Annie Robinson, of Prestwiekrtreet, Harpurhey, watched the river rescue from a bus queue 400 yds. away, not knowing that the boy was her51 words
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Article, Illustration50 1955-03-12 8 picture Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, on a holiday m t> < Bernese overland, has a good laugh as a "grandma costume of some years ago passes by during a R*™ "Skiing through the Ages." It was staged b> the Wen^i Ski Club to mark its 50th anniversary.-A.P. - 50 words
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Article130 1955-03-12 8 £VERY 90 minute B S. and the Friends" Temp, League dont like n i '^ff'n J? aye com Plainai to the BBC s director-general Sir lan Jacob. Muerai. The trouble, they told Sir lan, was that out of 133^ drink references m 12 weeks130 words
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243 1955-03-12 8 THE "shy bride of 1922" shook her white-haired head, said "Goody, goody." and then "I don't believe It" when told she had inherited £140,000 from her mother. Mary Landon Baker, still Miss, became the "shy bride" when she failed to turn up lor her243 words
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Article64 1955-03-12 8 COPYRIGHT— WITH KNOBS COPYRIGHT on the Flying Bedstead ijs claimed by Toe H, at St. Just, Cornwall. They entered a traditional model, brass-bound with knobs un, m the local carnival under that name. Then the world was told El ing Bedstead" with tnt vt. tical take-off. p,>vie They wrote R64 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-03-12 9 MISS FELICITY Attlee, second daughter of Britain's former Prime Minivter, is to marry Mr. Keith Harwood. They are pictured above. Miss Attlee works m a London store. Mr. Harwood is a buyer m the London office of Macey's. the New York department store. The wedding has55 words
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Article158 1955-03-12 9 THE Lord Chief Justice. Lord Goddard, examined a wood and felt blackboard duster m the Queen's Bench Division. There was no evidence, he said, that it had been thrown t Brighton schoolmaster at -year-old boy, cutting his It Ls not easy to see how158 words
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133 1955-03-12 9 HUSBAND goto* back to the RAF. from leave and that his wife had made hal a packet of mud sand•'•irht 's. a judge said. A "d he added: "This man naa had what might be colloquially described as a 'hell of ;i Imc133 words
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293 1955-03-12 9 35 PUBS PROTEST: T.V. KEEPS REGULARS A WAY fTHIi&TY-FIVE landlords have been given permission to keep their public houses open an extra half-hour till 10.30 p.m. because TV is keeping even the regulars away. TV arrived m Norfolk a month ago. And as the aerials went up, the bar sales293 words
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Article21 1955-03-12 9 Twelve Chinese girls from Hongkong have arrived iii London to train as nurses m London. Bath, Nottingham, and Northampton.21 words
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336 1955-03-12 9 The night a man got into Girton girls' college A SIX-FOOT undergraduate took a bet thai he could sneak into Clirton, the Cambridge girls' college, and stay two hours without being thrown out. lie won. But now he has got himself mixed up m trouble there. For police have been336 words
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Article137 1955-03-12 9 TEA MAKES A CHAMPION ASPIDISTRA iT wai loving care, day In and day out, that won the first prize for 76-year-old Mrs. Ellen Salmon's aspidistra m Bermondsey again.st 39 other aspidistras. For half a century the 4 ft. 6 m. spiky green plant has been m the Salmon family. Sne137 words
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156 1955-03-12 9 SOUND films are to be used m examination.s for the private secretary's diploma to be awarded by the London Chamber of Commerce. The first examinations will beheld m the spring of next year. Announcing this, the Commercial Education Committee of the Chamber says candidates156 words
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Article32 1955-03-12 9 Test pilot Neville Duke i.s having hLs portrait painted by American arti-st Francis Montena, who lives at Cranleigh, Surrey, a few miles from Duilsfold, where Duke tests the ilunttr fighter*32 words
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Advertisement28 1955-03-12 9 \J^^lS£ YOM M€AN$ OF CEILING FANS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CITY ELECTRICITY DEPT. AT ONLY $1.00 PER MONTH. CONSULT YOUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OR RING; PHONE 2419 EXTN. 34228 words
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Article671 1955-03-12 10 KATHLEEN HICKLEY - KATHLEEN HICKLEY CONTINUING THE ADVENTURES OF RAMASAMY AND HIS UTTLE "'FRIEND, HOPPIT, THE GRASSHOPPER by K.VM.VSAMY mvcts llnppit. a friendly grasshopper who makes the boy small by MSffic and takes him to see the bees. NOW READ ON f> AMASAMY climbed upon Hoppit's back and they jumped down671 words
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Article62 1955-03-12 10 Last week's winners WINNERS of last week's colouring contest are:- (1) Miss Antoinette j ToUe (10). 1757 Customs Qrts., Jalan Lakin, Johore Bahru; I (2) Miss Shelley War- ncr (7). 342, Holland Rd., I Singapore 10; I (3) Master John Lim I (8). 3» Tiverton Lane.: I Singapore 9; j62 words
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Article, Illustration89 1955-03-12 10 GET busy on this pittur with your paints, crayons or chalks, and you may win a priie. There are m fact four $5 prizes to be won two for girls and two for boys! Fill m your name, address Mid age and post to Aunty Wendy, c89 words
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Advertisement34 1955-03-12 10 You can Phone lour SMALL A»S. go Singapore 2800 Ex*. HB^F j^^L. "i. BMVi^^^Wr> l *-'^^B^^r**-^iy^£ 't. Hkk Bbß MBBB&i?^i3^^^ r "ife^> >: '-V J X y This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified Advertisement Service.34 words
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Miscellaneous324 1955-03-12 10 Rupert and the butterflies 3 '.Rupert finds that although he is explains why he has come. "Do walknig and the flcwers are sway you think your master would like i a i '.o see this butterfly he asks. ing about, the buuerny makes no tl _lt_ i The dwarf smiles324 words
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304 1955-03-12 11 GLENN finds it HARD enough just being an actor OTHER STARS CAN BE PRODUCERS, BUT- I LIKE Glenn Ford's forthright comments: "Other stars can be producers. I find it hard enough just being an actor. When you are a freelance player, you get all kinds of deals and offers, most304 words
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Article90 1955-03-12 11 Michael Ruddy - Michael Ruddy mM LUNCH with Oreste Kirkop is spasmodic. People stop at his table m the studio canteen, chat with the Maltese tenor who Ls co-starring with Kathryn Grayson m "The Vagabond King." "I hope to return to London when this is finished. I owe Covent Garden two90 words
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Article94 1955-03-12 11 J CARROL NAISH, play- ing a scholarly gang- j ster in "Violent Satur- day," estimates he has played 25 different na- tionalitles during his 20 years in pictures, but his current job is one of the very few ever calling on him to use good English. Known94 words
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Article, Illustration47 1955-03-12 11 Joan Collins, the British screen star wears a bikini m fact a much briefer one than this for the part of Sadie which she plays m her newest picture. Cast on a desert island with thn*e men, the society girl has her hands full warding off romance.47 words
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Article, Illustration754 1955-03-12 11 He's tired of being the Rock of Virtue THOMAS WISEMAN MEETS THE IDOL WHO WON'T BE WORSHIPPED AND WHO CONFESSES: WITH the arm he broke six weeks ago still m plaster, Jack Hawkins will soon return to work m a new film for Ealing Studios, "Touch and Go." Hawkins is754 words
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Article138 1955-03-12 11 No wonder his son was so happy! A STORY going the rounds m Hollywood about David Niven concerns the switched lunch boxes It seems that Niven habitually takes his lunch to the studios m the familiar box used by schoolchildren Beinj? a Scotsman, he If inclined to favour a bit138 words
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Advertisement21 1955-03-12 11 PACKING. SHIPPING \t^M INSURANCE M^m ■Hf TRANSPORT STORAGE I vfi^jjJL LIMITED I »W?^T#^L 173 CECIL STREET << C P C I I21 words
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Article254 1955-03-12 12 Michael Manning - WORLD'S GLAMOUR GIRLS Michael Manning They have taste, fashion, poise. Even the Parisiennes can't surpass them. In the eyes of their menfolk they are the by rviiE Greeks, confident that Greek girls are the most beautiful m the world are discovering that thousands of soldiers who married Greeks m the254 words
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Article, Illustration42 1955-03-12 12 A bonnet for Faster: How about this suggestion, one of many. Named "Ma' moiselle" it is a smart but inexpensive boater m black and white striped rayon. It is banded and inmmed with a tailored bow of stiff white petersham.— •j-inpjd j^n^u42 words
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Article376 1955-03-12 12 JEAN WISEMAN - JEAN WISEMAN says RASTER is on the way. and should give you the urge to make changes m your home. New fabrics are gay and bright. There are ready made plastic seersucker divan covers which don't need washing and can do much to brighten a376 words
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Article, Illustration69 1955-03-12 12 A mother waits tor news picture. For five years. .Airs. Oierda Nordblom, 70. the mother of Mrs. Marianne Pontecorvo, the Swedish-born wife of the atom scientist, Professor Bruno Pontecorvo, has had no word of her daughter. Now that the news has been released of the family's whereabouts and the factPopper - 69 words
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Miscellaneous229 1955-03-12 12 CLUES ACROSS: take first place? (f). 1 Slander a colourful man first, 5 Portion that is maim* then Bob changes sides (12). tional (.7). j «#*<«•*» nt way 8 Can he be Sir lan? <8» 6 A lout muses m a diffeiem 9 Erudite men always have It (4). (12J229 words
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433 1955-03-12 13 SPRING brings a rainbow to this isle in the Alps 11 ever you visit Germany, don't waste ne dreaming of life as castaway on some •tic island. Just motor .vn to the fabulous j s of Lake Constance. A fjiiirk of climate and geoaphy has produced m this Mib-tropical isles433 words
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Article, Illustration84 1955-03-12 13 picture. Described as "the world's most beautiful ballerina," Kussian-born Violetta £lvin poses for artist Bernard Powell m his London studio. Mr. Powell confesses to being h.mU'd by her hands, and, m arranging the pose, ensured that it showed the "extraordinary grace °f ncr hands and arms." Violetta has already beenReuter - 84 words
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Article69 1955-03-12 13 "]T|AGDA" t h c biggest ill hottest and most prolific of Budapest's 123 world famous health giving mineral springs has been narnessed to the city's municipal water supply, and now serves 4.000 Budapest homes with "constant hot water" with a temperature of 188 Fahrenheit at the69 words
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Article, Illustration379 1955-03-12 13 HERE are some more questions involving the problem of what to do when partner's opening bid is doubled for a take-out and you have a little strength, but not a great deal. It is understood by most players that a bid m this situation, other thaai a jump379 words
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Article, Illustration397 1955-03-12 13 The waitresses made him feel at home WAS glad there were no women bathers present when I went to the hot springs at Matsue. For here everyone splashes about m the open air as bare as on the day they were born. I had been embarrassed enough already that afterRICHARD397 words
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Article128 1955-03-12 13 I 1 1 H I w V. ii t<l t *> I lour Irttrr* l^^Mf~~ i>r nitirr .i it A B I II >«»•»m•• k M H y from the J^^H I'tt.r* 111 Ihr ii ii .1 r c on M V r> Hir Irll T 111 n f128 words
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Article, Illustration66 1955-03-12 14 Walk before you run is Tom Finney's advice and here he puts it into practice with Preston bark Bill Cunningham. Foot body, angle, direction of head everything points to Finney going: left. As Cunningham itrlfci 0 intercept, however, the w nicer makes a last second twist66 words
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Article, Illustration15 1955-03-12 14 Name the local sportsman m this "shost" picture. (Answer m column 3>15 words
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Article, Illustration529 1955-03-12 14 BEFORE YOURUN Brush up your soccer m a great new coaching series. PROFESSOR Thomas Finney (Preston and England), 1 our flrsi attacking strategist of this series, la Uje first forward m the land. And that rating goes despite the rival school of thought supporting Blackpool s Stanley Matthews. Assistant529 words
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Article84 1955-03-12 14 Blngtport Will play Army Navy m the annual Joe Chappel Memorial Cup match at Jalan Besar stadium 1 at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow. All S.A.F.A. passes are su>pended for this game. The whole net proceeds will go to Boys Town. The Singapore team will be selected from:84 words
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Article28 1955-03-12 14 The 1st Battalion Fin Infantry Regiment won the FARELF inter-unit rugby championship yesterday by defeating 72 Light A. A. Battalion Roval Artillerv 47-6. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article37 1955-03-12 14 The 80.D.C.A. team to meet Woodbridee R.C. m a cricket friendly at the'BODCA ground at 2 p.m. today is: Wijeweern (Cfipt.), Van Rooyan. Gupta, Chelliah. Balan. Wong. Markar. Magesh, Ondartohi, Gopal. Lewis37 words
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Article53 1955-03-12 14 The unbeaten Pakistan Hex key Federation tourists will play their farewell games m the Federation this week-end. Today they take the field aeainst the Federation of Malaya m the third "Test"' at Seremban. while tomorrow they will meet the Malayan Hockey Federation President's XI on Malaya Command ground.53 words
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Article29 1955-03-12 14 Bartlcy Secondary School avenged a previous defeat by Anglo-Chinese School by winning their return game 4-0 at Barker Road yesterday. Scorers: Pura (2). Rahman, and Ramli.29 words
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Article32 1955-03-12 14 1 u~ ln(ln M 0<)0 h ler Mil>porUra «r«rc told a1 public n«et- untoM tsooo was rutsed Lmmedutely the club eouid not I i m .v League iootbaU I32 words
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Article16 1955-03-12 14 Dai Do*er will nght Mouginot. of France om rounds at Cardiff on April t.16 words
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Article131 1955-03-12 14 JOE EKSKINE, young Cardiff heavyweight, continued his run of 18 Hghts without defeat when he decisively outpointed Joe Crickmar (Stepney), over eight rounds, at Leicester. Erskine, who scaled I3st. 111 b. ■111 b. more than the Londoner gave a display of conlident, varied punching and131 words
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132 1955-03-12 14 Olympic stand: A warning by builders building \J stands at Melbourne cricket ground, main stadium for the next year's Olympic Games, warned last night that their work might not be finished m time for the Kamcs. j Tickets for the games meluding seats m the unbuilt stands are due f«»rReuter - 132 words
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484 1955-03-12 14 By MAESTRO IT IS a strange thing that one golden period m French sport is connected with another through one man— Jean Borotra, the ageless lawn tennis player. Borotra born and brought up m Biarritz m the shadow of the Pyrenees, was. m his484 words
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Advertisement46 1955-03-12 14 Your Best Bet is For PERFUME, EAU DE COLOGNE and LOTION Prizes of Crepe de Chine Products will be given TONIGHT at AIR VIEW CABARET "EXTENSION TIIX I A.M." TEA DANCE EVERY SUNDAY— 3 to 6 P.M. PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN FULL ATTENDANCE OF DANCE HOSTESS46 words
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Article90 1955-03-12 15 Result* iRAOC mentioned l Hantaimveight: Pte Zainal B Baba lost to Tpr McGillan, ..qualification. Featherweight: L Cpl Auld L Cpl Dolan. Lightweight: Pte Calvert beat Tpr Drew; Cpl Sunnier st to Tpr Blower. Light-welterweight: Cpl HarK.O. Tpr. Shields Bee- roun(l; L Cpl. Daud Bin ..mid lost to Tpr Hawker.90 words
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Article57 1955-03-12 15 1 .iMbridge University coverI th t Boat Race course from tney to Mortlake m 18 min--51 seconds yesterday m eir first full length trial. 'heir time was 35 seconds ter than that of the Oxford ew on Wednesday. Oxford had worse weather water, so there appearsReuter - 57 words
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Article45 1955-03-12 15 AROSLAV Drobny of Egypt ir»54 Wimbledon champion. eaten in Cairo yesterday the semi-finals of the tian Lawn Tennis Chamhip> by lanky American Kovaleski. who was not d among the first ten in country last year. Kovaleski won 3-6. 6-4. 6-1.45 words
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Article41 1955-03-12 15 \N examination yesterday revealed that Dai Dower Walea chipped a knuckle n he beat Nazzareno iannelli (Italy* for the iopean flyweight boxing iimpionship on Tuesday. His manager, Mr. Nat Seller. said it was not serious.41 words
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227 1955-03-12 15 IFTEB borne keenly contested bouts 30 Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the champion Singapore team, beat 15 19 the Kings Royal Hussars (Malaya) by six bouts to five to win the FARELF inter-unit team boxing semi-final at the Selangor Badminton Hall, Kuala Lumpur,227 words
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Article161 1955-03-12 15 West Indies name 10 men for Test PIIE West Indies cricket sel- Wtora last night named layers who will form the i> "i the team for the Pe»t against Australia m mgston, Jamaica, on March In of the West Indies side be Jefl stollmeyer. an opentna an. with all rounderReuter - 161 words
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Article, Illustration115 1955-03-12 15 JIM PETERS, the retired British marathon champion, said in London yesterday: I) ii were possible to match the 20 best British athletes against the best 20 of an.K other country we icould knock them cold." Thirty-six-year-old Peters was speaking at a function at which heReuter - 115 words
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Article37 1955-03-12 15 Singapore Recreation Club played a 2-2 draw with Chinese Athletic m a soccer friendly on the padang yesterday. SRC scored through J. Carney and D. Boyd; C.A. through Ah Seng and Chong Chee.37 words
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Article284 1955-03-12 15 TRIAL FOR BRITISH RUGBY MEN /CANDIDATES from Wales l> and Ireland for the Bri--1 tish Rugby Union team to tour I South Africa this year will be watched by selectors m the international match m CardifT today. It will be thr selectors' last opportunity to see Ireland, who play their284 words
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Article114 1955-03-12 15 Neo wins 100 m heat in Manila O (hwee Kok of Sin- > t; a pore finished first m his heat of the 100--metre freestyle trials of the Philippines National Open Swimming Championships m Manila yesterday. His time was It.l seconds. Nurhatag Rajad of the Philippines was second. Japan's YoshijiroU.P. - 114 words
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Article283 1955-03-12 15 YORK CITY, shock team of this season's English Football Association Cup competition, bid for further fame and glory today when they play for a place m the semi-finals. Eleven thousand supporters of this gallant little Third Division Northern team will make the 70 mil»\Reuter - 283 words
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Article39 1955-03-12 15 The inter-Uiii\«-i. n sports bel Oxford and Camb the White Cltj have been poned imkii today until April ic becau c "i be i lush) < ->!.' (l f the tnu k i aui ed bj n isvsre ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article518 1955-03-12 16 Stage Show each way Miil-day nap HAPPY COURT 'In Race 5) Free Press Course Correspondent CiIIAMPION jockey Athol J Mulley's mounts will have a biff following at Bukit Timah today, and I make Nazakat (Race Six) my nap selection. This consistent daughter of Hyacinthus is m518 words
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Article49 1955-03-12 16 20 Words So (minimum) SHAW: To Kit* (nee EliaM. wife of W liter. daughter, Jacqueline Lee, At Kmdani; Kerbau HonpiUl, on 10-3- r )"5 Both well. TAN: To Kwai Yoke. wife of Tan Te Song, at General Hospital, Ipoh on 10 3- ->'). i dftilfhtcr, Y'.or.ne Tan Lei W.ih.49 words
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Article118 1955-03-12 16 20 Words $6 (minimum) PHUA POH. The Engagement Is announced between Robert, eldest son of Mr and Mrs. Phua Ec Ming and Peggy, eld^a' daughter of Mr. and Mrs Poll Ch*c Tian. on 11.3.56, YEW-ONG The engagement la announced an 12.3.55 between Michael Yew Yee Thye. only Mil of118 words
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Article55 1955-03-12 16 20 Words $H (minimum) LIM-LOW The marriage will takf place between Mr. Richard Lin Chent» Ann third son of Mr. Lin Wall Mooi and 'he late Madam Wei Hye Choo Neo. aad Miss Irene Lov Bok Neo, the second daughter of Mr <fc Mrs. Low Ch.*n« Kiat. both o55 words
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Article403 1955-03-12 16 TRACKWORK from page 16 (^LASS 1 sprinters engaged on > the second day on Wednesday were put through their paces on a good galloping track at Bukit Timah this morning. Sniju; times were returned by (iold Town (3f. m 36 3 5 ser.i, Sir Irani is403 words
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Article782 1955-03-12 16 RACE 1—2.15: CL. 3, DIV. 4--6 F. 1 -00 Epsom 4y Patterson 8.13 2—4 say Try*3y Mortimer 8.11 3 -06 Safari 3y Donnelly 8.10 4 -90 Fay's Harvest 3y Franklin 8.10 3 500 Jamtratan Mas 4y Bagby 8.09 6 U)8 The Camel 5y Mulley 8.08 7 325 Beechnut782 words
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